Cloth-measuring machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AYRES ROSS AND SAMUEL S. ROSS, OF VICTOR, IOWA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,426, dated May 10, 1881.

Application filed Angustd, 1880. (Model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AYREs Ross and SAMUEL S. Ross, citizens of the United States, residing at Victor, in the county of Iowa and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Measuring Cloth; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to machines for measuring cloth as the same is formed into rolls containing required quantities. The device has a number of rollers and guides held in a frame, along one side of which is secured in position a rule or plate having marks of measurement thereon. Parallel with this measurin g-plate is placed a rotating screw-threaded shaft, upon which travels an indicator, the point of which rests upon the plate and extends to the marks thereon, the indicator being made in two divisions, which are held together on the shaft by means of a thumb-screw. The shaft is rotated by means of a beveled-gear wheel thereon, which engages with a similar wheel on the end of the shaft of the main roller, about which the cloth passes when being meas ured, said roller being placed at the rear end of the machine and at right angles to the shaft. This main'roller is made of a certain size in circumference, so that at each revolution, motion being imparted to the screw-shaft, the indicator is moved a certain distance on the shaft. Another roller, having its bearings in two hinged arms,is held to the main roller by means of elastic cords or springs attached to the arms and usually fastened to the base of the machine. A cylindrical bar or rundle,having adjustable collars for guides for the cloth, is located and supported at the rear of the main roller. Over this bar the cloth is passed through a slotted bar having pins for guides, and fastened to the floor or base of the machine; thence it passes about a roller located near the front, thence back to and about the main roller, and from thence forward to a slab or piece of board held in the front of the machine, and upon which the cloth is formed in a roll. Forward of the main roller a cross-piece, somewhat or nearly oval in section, and having adjustable collars thereon for guides, is held by two hinged arms, which pass through it, and on which it is adjustable. Under this cross-piece, which serves as a stretcher and guide, the cloth passes to the front. The slab on which the roll is formed is secured between two bars or strips, which form the reelin g part of the apparatus, having bearings in the frame, these bars being held together by means of thumb-screws, and being so constructed that when the roll of cloth is formed they may be loosened and withdrawn from the roll which is thus released.

In the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a plan view of amachine for measuring cloth having myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the indicator.

In the said drawings, A designates the frame of the machine and B the rule or plate having marks of measurement thereon and fixed in position along one side of the frame.

0 indicates a rotating screw-shaft, in position parallel with plate 13, and provided with a beveled gear, 0.

D is an indicator, which travels on the shaft 0, and has its point on the plate 13, to indicate the length of cloth that has passed from the main roller. The indicator has a threaded aperture for the screw-shaft, and is divided at the center, the two parts being secured together on the shaft 0 by a thumb-screw, (I, so that it may be readily adjusted on the shaft and detached therefrom as desired.

E is the main roller, about which the cloth passes in operation. It has journal-bearings in the frame A, and is provided with a beveled gear, a, which engages with gear 0 on the shaft O, so that the main roller and screw-shaft are rotated simultaneously, and at each revolution of the roller the indicator is moved a certain distance on the shaft. As a certain length of cloth passes from the roller E at each revolution of said roller, such length is indicated by D on the marked plate B. A pressing-roller,

F, having hearings in the hinged arms I), is held against the cloth passing over roller E by means of the elastic cords or springs f.

G is a cylindrical bar or rundle, supported at the rear of the roller E, and provided with adjustable collars for guides.

His a bar fastened across the floor or base of the machine, and having a slot, through which the cloth passes. This slotted bar has pins h for guides, adjustable in the holes 71 as to distance apart, according to the width of the cloth.

I is a roller located near the front of the machine. This roller and the parts Gr and H serve to guide and reduce the cloth to proper shape in its passage to the main roller E.

Between the roller E and the fore part ofthe machine is the cross piece J,snpported by the arms or rods k, hinged at n. The part J is provided with adjustable collarsj-for guides, and is adjustable itselfon the arms 7: by means of the screws m. It serves as a stretcher, keeping the cloth at its proper tension, and regulating the passage of it to the reeling part at the front.

The board K, upon which the roll of cloth is formed in the operation, is held at the front of the machine, between two bars or strips, clamped together by means of the screws 1.

Each of these bars is extended for a be ring in one side of the frame, and one of them usually holds a crank, L, by which the reeling part is rotated and the cloth is drawn through the machine. WVhen it is desired to remove the roll of cloth the screws 1' are loosened and the bars 1) are withdrawn in opposite directions.

The course of the cloth through the machine is indicated by the dotted line 8 in Fig. 2 in the drawings.

We claim 40 1. In a cloth-measuring machine, in combination with the roller E and the parts forming the reel, the stretcher-bar J, adjustable on the hinged arms 7.-, and provided with the adjustable collars as shown, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a cloth-measuring machine, in combination with the fixed rollerGr and roller I, the slotted bar H,iixed to the base of the machine, and provided with the adjustable pins h, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

AYRES ROSS.

S. S. ROSS. Witnesses:

H. HOWARD, JOHN KIONE. 

